Olha Skurikhina

🔍 Scientist | Research and Development

El Prat de Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain

About

Technical project lead with 6+ years of R&D experience in product development across Spain, Austria, Slovakia, and Ukraine. I combine a strong scientific foundation with a clear business mindset. I enjoy building bridges between science and industry - transforming technical insights into real-world value through customer-oriented approach. My Ph.D. thesis is focused on Research&Development of electrode materials for Li/Na-ion batteries. 🏆Awarded 1st place among other students in 2022 for published articles by the Slovak Academy of Sciences.

Experience

  • Research And Development Specialist at Fedrigoni Group
    Jun 2025 - Present · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Research And Development Scientist at IREC - Institut de Recerca en Energia de Catalunya
    May 2023 - Jun 2025 · 2 yrs 2 mos

    Research and Development of All-Solid-State Batteries; Managed a work package within an ∼€800k project, provided weekly technical updates, ensured alignment on project goals, and monitoring KPIs; Troubleshoot the equipment for 3D printing, enabling the creation of the first printed product prototype. Recipe formulation of paste for printing 3D ceramics pieces; Management of material through SAP;

  • Scientific Researcher at Technical University of Kosice
    Oct 2018 - Jan 2023 · 4 yrs 4 mos

    ➢My PhD was focused on the research and development of inorganic materials for Li-ion batteries, studied the chemical reactions that occur during the charge and discharge in order to design improvements in them. ➢I managed to reduce the time for the synthesis of inorganic oxides by 7 times, had hands-on experience with data processing techniques and different analytical chemistry methods such as SEM, TEM, XRD, FT-IR, EIS, GCPL, thermal analysis. ➢Contributed to the development of alternative materials for Li/Na ion batteries, performing physical-chemical analyses, including NMR, GCPL, cyclic voltammetry, and impedance spectroscopy. My project on alternative materials for energy storage (Li/Na ion batteries) was recognized by the Slovak Academy of Sciences for its high quality.🏆 ➢Obtained two scientific grants and published several papers, in addition to the doctoral thesis. ➢Participated in 12 scientific conferences, for example: “NATO: Science for Peace and Security” (Bulgaria, 2019), “International Conference on Mechanochemistry and Mechanical Alloying” (Italy, 2022). ORCID: 0000-0001-9730-4200

  • Guest Researcher at INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA DE MATERIALS DE BARCELONA (ICMAB-CSIC)
    Jul 2022 - Sep 2022 · 3 mos

    Under the supervision of Dr. Rosa Palacin, an internationally recognized scientist in the field of battery research ➢My project: In-situ investigation of electrode materials in Li/Na-ion batteries during charging/discharging processes.

  • Guest Scientist at Technische Universität Graz
    Jul 2021 - Nov 2021 · 5 mos

    Lab of Prof. M. Wilkening, a known scientist in the fields of battery research, Solid State Chemistry, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance ➢What I did: Electrochemical characterization of energy storage materials, using battery assembly, electrode preparation, impedance spectroscopy, cyclic voltammetry. Design of electrical circuits to study and model the behavior of materials for batteries. ✔Together with a team published an article "Ionic transport in K2Ti6O13"